Intelligence Journal
The Intelligence Journal consists of informed perspectives on open-source intelligence, emerging threats, security tradecraft, and the discipline of turning information into sound judgment — written for security professionals, executive protection teams, law enforcement, and anyone who takes risk seriously.
Corporate Security Intelligence: How Security Teams Turn Open-Source Information into Decisions
Corporate security teams are flooded with alerts but starved for judgment. This article breaks down what corporate security intelligence actually is, how it differs from automated monitoring, and how analyst-led methodology supports decisions across executive protection, travel security, workplace threats, and event planning.
Touchstone: An OSINT AI Research Assistant Built on Defined Sources
Touchstone is an AI-assisted OSINT research tool built into the SI Intelligence Platform. It turns a question into a sourced, confidence-graded preliminary assessment in minutes — drawing on monitored sources, live search, and SI's own intelligence reporting.
Physical Security Assessment: What It Covers and Why It Matters
Physical security decisions made without an intelligence picture are reactive by definition. This article breaks down what a professional physical security assessment examines — and how analyst-led methodology turns open-source intelligence into protective action.
What Is a Threat Assessment? A Guide for Security Professionals
A threat assessment is a structured, analyst-driven process for identifying and prioritizing risks to people, places, or events. Learn what it involves and when to use one.
The OSINT Revolution: Open-Source Intelligence Becomes Central to U.S. Intelligence Reform
As open-source intelligence becomes indispensable to modern espionage, warfare, and accountability, Washington’s internal struggle over its institutionalization will determine whether the U.S. intelligence community leads or lags in the information age.